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...cineplex. It seems odd that parents who caution their children to avoid sex, drugs and violence don' t mind exposing them to these themes on the big screen. There are too few "magic " years for children; maybe watching Finding Nemo for the 10th time or reading The Secret Garden out loud can prolong them a bit. If nothing else, they ' ll sleep a little better...
...reporters who broke the domestic spy program story in December picked up Goldsmith awards for investigative journalism from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy yesterday evening. In their controversial story on the secret National Security Agency spying program, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times revealed that the Bush administration had used illegal wiretaps to monitor the nation’s phone lines for terrorist activity. The Bush administration has vehemently denied any wrongdoing in the matter. “[The Goldsmith Awards] encourage a more insightful, spirited debate about public policy...
...there's any other dissonant note, it's the knowledge that Lake Issyk-Kul was a top-secret testing site for Soviet torpedoes in the period after World War II. To this day, it remains unclear how many were exploded or what, if anything, their warheads contained. While visitors will want to be aware of Lake Issyk-Kul's history, there is no evidence that the testing has caused any lasting damage to the lake's ecology, and both Russian families and avid anglers have happily vacationed there for many years. The Kyrgyz authorities also insist that the lake...
...clear violation of that constitutional right. The Act’s renewal is not the only recent invasion of citizens’ privacy in the name of fighting terror that gives us pause. In the fall, the Bush administration came under fire when it was found to have authorized secret warrant-free wiretapping of Americans. In 2004, a proposal made its way through the Department of Education policy chain to establish a government database to keep track of everything from academic records to sports teams. Supposedly designed to better track students’ progress and help improve educational developments...
...doing it all at his home ranch on the Pedernales River and at a small Austin, Texas, studio. Using high-definition cameras, he shot his Sin City actors against a green screen, filling in the backgrounds digitally, and rarely went beyond a second or third take. That's one secret to making a gorgeous all-star movie for $40 million--less than half the average Hollywood budget...